Jim Nantz Freaked Out After Tony Romo Predicts His Death
A harrowing moment occurred at the announcers’ booth during this past Sunday’s NFL On CBS broadcast, as famously accurate color commentator Tony Romo proceeded to forecast to a visibly-shaken Jim Nantz the exact location, time and manner of his death.
“Right from the snap, when Tony turned to me to ask if I was six-foot-three, I knew something awful was coming,” said Nantz, trying to control his hand from trembling as he sipped his coffee. “Sure enough, during the first commercial break, the guy hits me with it. I mean, couldn’t he have just focused on the game?”
Nantz revealed that he has been trying to avoid his coworker for months now. “From the moment we said ‘Hello,’ to the moment he told me my daughter had stubbed her toe, to the time he successfully called Michel going for an outright touchdown on fourth down in last year’s AFC Championship, I’ve always been wary of the guy,” said Nantz. “This morning he even called Phil Simms, contacting me out of the blue and asking to borrow money again. Oh, man, I know this is gonna come true. The guy’s just too good.”
Tension has been escalating between the pair for the majority of this year, with the most noticeable on-camera moment being in Week 1 when Nantz blew up at Romo for predicting when he would need to use the bathroom. Other CBS staffers have confirmed that the pair’s rapport has indeed started to rapidly deteriorate, with Nantz on several occasions rolling his eyes and muttering, “Well, there goes the suspense,” after Romo successfully predicted a play on the field, and Romo retaliating by offering unnervingly accurate guesses as to the events that precipitated Nantz’s ugly 2009 divorce.
Sources close to the broadcasting pair report that Romo did eventually apologize to Nantz for the uncalled-for death prediction, before quickly doubling down by asking if he had a good defense against leaving his kids financially burdened, as he had correctly predicted that Nantz’s current life insurance policy would be expiring in four months.
